Window guard



Dec l, 1942 o. c. BECKER Erm. 2,303,713

WINDOW GUARD Filed sept. 8. 1939 fig, a.

Patented Dec. 1, 1942 WINDOW GUARD Ormonde C. Becker and Ellsworth J.Becker, Chicago, Ill.

Application September 8, 1939, Serial No. 293,913

(Cl. 2071) l 1 Claim.

Our invention relates to an improvement in window guards and has for onepurpose the provision of a window guard which shall be cheap tomanufacture, easy to apply, simple in structure and strong and eiiicientin operation.

Another purpose is the provision of a window guard which cannot readilybe tampered with or opened by a child.

Another purpose is the provision of a window guard which can be shippedin compact form for home assembly and application.

Another purpose is the provision of a window guard which is yieldinglylocated in position.

Other purposes will appear from time to time in the course of thespecification and claim.

We illustrate our invention more or less diagrammatically in theaccompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a partial inside elevation of a window frameand window showingthe guard in position;

Fig. 2 is a section at the line 2 2 on Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 showing the method of installingthe guard.

We illustrate our window guard as applied to or within the outer channelof the conventional window frame.

Like parts are indicated by like symbols throughout the specificationand drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the Window frame proper is indicated as I. 2is the outer, and 3 the inner bounding ledge or projection of the outerchannel 4 of the frame. 5 indicates one vertical side element of ourwindow guard, and 6 the opposite. The member 5 is herein shown as havingapertures 1, none of which pass entirely through the upright.

The apertures 8 of the opposite upright or side frame member 6 passentirely therethrough. We illustrate the use of a plurality of crosspieces 9, herein shown as four in number, it being realized that anysuitable number may be employed. The members 9 may be made of stock ofany suitable shape. If wood is employed as the material of our device,they may be made, for example, of round stock or doweling.

We illustrate the upper and lower of the members 9 as having secured tothe ends thereof and coiled thereabout coil springs I0. It will beobserved that when the parts are assembled with the upright 6 threadedupon the ends of the members 9, the free outer ends of the springs IIJthrust against the upright 6 and urge it away dow frame. The result is alocking effect, which keeps the parts normally rmly locked in relationto the window frame.

If we wish additional securing means, as where our device is employedwith a wooden window frame, we may employ any suitable screws I2, I3,which may pass, respectively, through the uprights 5 and 1, and may bescrewed into the window frame. This is impractical where our device isemployed with metal window frames, and the springs in such oase arenormally suiiicient.

We may also employ any suitable removable limit members or cotter pinsI4, which may be passed through the horizontal members 9, aftery theassembly is made, and installed in the window, in order to prevent theupright 6 from being withdrawn along the cross pieces 9 sufciently farto free the device from the channel of the window frame, in which it isseated.

We thus provide three locking or securing means, the springs I0, thescrews I2, I3, and the cotter pins I4, which may be used eitherseparately or together.

It will be realized that we may employ any suitable material, but weillustrate our invention as manufactured of wood.

It will be realized that whereas We have described and illustrated apractical and operative device, nevertheless many changes may be made inthe size, shape, number and disposition of parts without departing fromthe spirit of our invention. We therefore wish our description anddrawing to be taken as in a broad sense illustrative or diagrammatic,rather than as limiting us to our precise showing.

We claim:

In a readily demountable window guard adapted to seat in the oppositechannels of a window, a vertical upright member forming one end of theguard, and adapted to seat in one such channel, said member having aplurality of parallel horizontal vertically aligned apertures` extendingentirely therethrough, a second vertical upright member adapted to formthe opposite side of the guard and to seat in an opposite channel, saidsecond vertical member having formed therein a plurality of parallelhorizontal vertically aligned apertures alinged with the apertures ofthe first mentioned vertical upright member but terminating short of theouter face of said second vertical member, a plurality of horizontalrods each freely slidably penetrating, at each end, one of saidapertures in each Vertical upright memfrom the opposite upright 5 andtoward the win- 55 bers, and yielding means interposed between one ormore of said horizontal rods and the first mentioned vertical uprightmember, said yielding means being adapted to urge said vertical uprightmember along said rods and away from said last mentioned verticalupright member, whereby the two vertical upright members are held seatedin the opposite channels of a window, the upright members and the rodsbeing freely slidably separable when the guard is removed from thewindow, said yielding means being in the form of springs coiled aboutsaid rods, one end of each of said springs being permanently secured tothe rod about which the spring is coiled, the free end of the springbeing opposed to the rst mentioned vertical upright member.

ORMONDE C. BECKER. EILSWORTH J. BECKER.

